Clothes drier



June 10, 1941.

Filed Dec. 20, 1939 o o o 0630 o o o o o o ooobooooooooo Q 0 O O Inventor Attorneys Patented June 10, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES DRIER Constantine D. Horas, Tama, Iowa Application December 20, 1939, Serial No. 310,231

1 Claim. (01. 34219) The present invention relates to a clothes drying apparatus designed primarily for use in dry clean-ing establishments and wet wash in laundry or at home for drying the garments after the same have been cleaned or washed and comprises essentially a room or compartment Within which the clothes may be hung and including an air duct having heating means and a fan mounted at its intake end and having its discharge end extending under the garment for blowing the heated air upwardly therethrough for the purpose of subjecting the garment to the heated air as well as to utilize the force of air to remove the odor from the garment. The invention further includes an air duct leading from the bottom portion of the room to the outside thereof for removing foul air from the room.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of this character of simple and practical construction, which is eflicient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the drying room and Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on a line 2-2 of Fig, 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail the numeral 5 designates a drying room or compartment having the rack 6 suspended from the top thereof on which the garments 1 are suspended. In one of the vertical walls of the room is an air inlet duct 8 having an electrically operated fan 9 mounted therein for drawing air from the outside of the room to the interior thereof.

Arranged within the room is an air duct it! having an inlet end I l positioned in spaced relation from the inner end of the duct 8 and having positioned therebetween a radiator 12 having hot water pipes 13 connected thereto or if desired an electric heater may be installed in lieu of the radiator. The duct Ill includes a vertical portion I4 extending from the inlet end downwardly and communicating with a horizontal portion I5 supported in spaced relation above the floor of the room and closed at one end as shown at t5. The upper wall of the horizontal portion 15 is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced perforations ll positioned immediately under the garment 1. To the wall of the room opposite from the air inlet duct 8 is secured an air discharge duct I8 which extends vertically along the wall and is provided with an air intake end 19 adjacent the floor of the room and having an air discharge end 20 extending through the wall for discharging foul air into the atmosphere.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that with the garment suspended in position above the perforations I! that air is drawn into the duct 8 by the fan 9 and heated by passing the same through the radiator l2 after which the air is forced into the upper end of the duct ID and downwardly therethrough into the horizontal lowerportion I5 for discharge upwardly and through the garment. The heated air not only serves to dry the garment but also acts as a means of removing the odor therefrom as well as any lint which might adhere to the garment during the cleaning process. The intake upper end of the duct H! is spaced from the fresh air intake duct 8, with the heater l2 disposed between the adjacent ends of said ducts, so that warm air from the room may also be admitted into the duct It for recirculation through the room togather with the fresh air.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

What is claimed is:

A clothes drying apparatus comprising a closed chamber, means for suspending the clothes in the chamber, an air circulation duct in the chamber including a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, said horizontal portion being positioned under the clothes and having perforations in its upper surface for discharging air upwardly through the garments, the upper end of the vertical portion of the duct being open and terminating adjacent the top of the chamber to admit warm air from the chamber for recirculation therethro-ugh, an air inlet pipe extending through a wall of the chamber in alignment with said open end of the duct, means for forcing air into the open end of the duct from said air inlet pipe, means for heating the air entering the air inlet pipe and before the same enters the duct and a discharge duct extend-ing vertically in the chamber and having its lower end positioned adjacent the bottom of the chamher at a horizontal plane below the horizontal portion of the first-named duct and having its upper end extending through a wall of the chamber.

CONSTANTINE D. HERAS. 

